Real-time subtyping via PFGE reveals potential epidemiological relatedness among human salmonellosis cases in Northern Italy

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 227-234

  Lomonaco, S ^a   Nucera, D ^a   Griglio, B ^b   Pezzoli, L ^b   Marotta, V ^b   Casonato, I ^c   Civera, T ^a  

^a Facoltà di Medicina Veterinaria   (Italy)

^b Servizio Veterinario   (Italy)

^c S CROCE E CARLE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Food; Outbreak; Polymerase chain reaction; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Salmonella

Indexed keywords

ELECTROPHORESIS; FORMAL LANGUAGES; HEALTH CARE; SALMONELLA;

CLINICAL ISOLATES; FOOD SOURCES; HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NORTHERN ITALY; OUTBREAK; PUBLIC-HEALTH AGENCIES; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REAL- TIME; SUBTYPINGS;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIA; ELECTROPHORESIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; DETECTION METHOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REAL TIME; RELATEDNESS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; ITALY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLOSIS; SEROTYPING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PIEDMONT [ITALY]; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

SALMONELLA;

EID: 52449085233     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2008.02393.x     Document Type: Article

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